Confederate States Army, Company B, Morgan's Battalion, Parson's Brigade, Cavalry branch, according to soldier's application. William Beard of Henderson, Rusk County, born about 1843 in Tennessee, death date 7/6/1917. Includes death notice for William Beard of Marshall, Texas, and note on application for mortuary warrant, both from his son P.O. Beard of Marshall. Pension File No. 27629, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
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Census of 1900 - Wm. Beard, Rusk County, age 57, born March 1843 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Catherine.
Census of 1910 - William Beard, Rusk County, age 67, born circa 1843 in Texas, widowed.
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Wm. Beard, birth date 3/30/1843, death date 7/6/1917, burial in Turner-Wasson Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County, with wife Catherine E. Beard.
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Death notice, 7/6/1917, p. 2; and memorial resolution of the Harrison County Bar Association, 7/13/1917, p. 3. William Beard, father of Judge P.O. Beard of Marshall.
Marshall Messenger .